SPORTS
Bowie volleyball loses at Henrietta 3-1
The Bowie Lady Rabbits opened their season at Henrietta on Tuesday with a loss to the Lady Cats.
Henrietta won in four sets in a match that had competitive moments for Bowie, but it was not enough.
The Lady Rabbits came into the match after losing on Sept. 10 against 4A Graham. Bowie lost the tough match in five sets that could have gone either way. The set scores were 17-25, 25-19, 32-30, 23-25 and 14-16.
The first set on Tuesday was competitive with neither team building too big of a lead until midway through.
Henrietta was up 14-11 when the Lady Rabbits won nine of the next 10 points to open up a 20-15 lead.
Bowie was able to close out the set by splitting the next 10 points to win 25-20 and take the early lead.
The second set saw the Lady Rabbits never get on track. The Lady Cats lead continued to grow from 7-3 to 11-4. With Bowie down 20-10, it was time to mentally concede the set and try to build momentum for an important set three. Henrietta won 25-14 to tie the match.
The third set saw the Lady Rabbits early lead blossom into a several point cushion. Bowie led 12-8 and held the same margin 10 points later up 17-13.
Henrietta came back to cut the lead to one point several times, but the Lady Rabbits still led 23-22 heading into the final points.
Unfortunately, the Lady Cats won the final three points to steal the set 25-23 and take the lead 2-1.
After losing an important third set, some teams might have given up.
The prospect of winning two straight sets to be able to win the overall match is hard for some teams to gather energy to play well in the fourth set.
Bowie instead came out and played the opening points even. The teams were tied 10-10, with Henrietta leading only 13-12 a few points later.
The Lady Cats then went on a bit of a run to open the lead to 17-13 and 19-16. The Lady Rabbits closed the lead to within two points 21-19, but ultimately could no retake the lead.
Henrietta closed the match winning five of the last six points to win the set 25-20 and the match 3-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie had six players play in the Maskat Shrine Oil Bowl football all-star game. For pictures from not just the football game, but the basketball and volleyball games as well that feature athletes from Bowie, Nocona and Saint Jo, click here https://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=bnews1&AID=6875584&T=1
Nocona is welcoming back Coach Sandy Langford, former coach and alumnus for the Lady Indians, as its new volleyball head coach.
Langford comes back to Nocona after spending the past 11 years leading the Glen Rose volleyball program.
Her circumstances with her family allowed her to jump at the opportunity once she became aware the position at Nocona was available.
“My youngest graduated and is playing football at Midwestern (State University),” Langford said. “All of our family is here and I knew that Coach Kara (Lucherk) was leaving. We were eventually going to retire here. Our oldest son plays college football at West Texas A&M and we’ll be two hours closer to him as well.”
She again will lead the Lady Indians volleyball program, one that she led all the way to the state title game in 2011, which is the farthest the volleyball program has ever gone in its prestigious history.
Langford kept up that level of success during her 11 years at the bigger 4A Glen Rose. She won less than 20 games only twice during her time, winning her 500th career game back in 2023. Her teams were ranked among the top 10 in the state five times and Langford led Glen Rose to the state tournament in 2017, the best finish in program history.
With the Lady Indians also having its own string of success, appearing in back-to-back regional finals while finishing atop the district standings both years, Langford is excited to not just keep the success going, but shoot for the stars.
“We are not expecting anything less than a state championship,” Langford said.
She has stacked the non-district schedule with strong, state-ranked 3A and 4A teams as well as big tournaments that will test Nocona’s mettle early next season in the hopes it will prepare them for a long playoff run.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
The Red River High School Bass Club competed this past weekend, May 31 – June 1, at the State Tournament on Lake Conroe for the two-day tournament.
Two of the teams from Montague County traveled south to try their best at the culmination of the year for the state title. Teams were able to pre-fish on Friday before the Saturday and Sunday competition. On Friday, there was a flipping contest for the youth and Cooper Johnson won third overall and won a $500 scholarship and an Academy gift card.
The club’s two teams who competed were Lane Smith/Colt Henry with boat captain Jimmy Smith. The team placed 63rd with a total of 16.22 pounds. The second team of Cooper Johnson/Corbyn Patton and boat captain Jayson Toerck placed 169th with a total weight of 2.29 pounds.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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